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Meth-related arrests in central & northern West Sacramento

By Steve MarschkeNews-Ledger Editor

West Sacramento police joined an FBI “Safe Streets Task Force” and other agencies to serve arrest warrants last week on four “known Norteno street gang members” for sale of methamphetamine and other criminal activity, according to Lieutenant Tod Sockman of the W.S.P.D.

The warrants were served at about 7 a.m. on Tuesday, March 4.

Other agencies involved included the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, California Highway Patrol, Sacramento Police Department and Davis Police Department.

Arrested were three West Sacramento man and one man from North Highlands. They were:

— Richard Mancha, 29, of West Sacramento. An arrest report viewed by the News-Ledger shows Mancha was picked up by police at a home at 728 Yolo Street. Officers say they found methamphetamine in quantities large enough to be “for sale,” scales, packaging and gang paraphernalia.

— Richard Posado, a 28-year old from West Sacramento. An arrest report said that Posada was picked up at 1729 Merkley Avenue.

— Ricardo Garza, 37, who was arrested during a warrant service at 731 Beardsley Drive. Police say they found there “methamphetamine for sale, cocaine for sale, marijuana for sale, honey oil concentrated cannabis and a honey oil manufacturing operation,” along with drug packaging equipment.

— Robert Sanchez, 37, of North Highlands.

The arrest warrants followed “a long-term FBI Safe Streets Task Force and West Sacramento Police Department investigation into the sales of methamphetamine in West Sacramento,” said Sockman in a press release.

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Grand opening of new Bridge District park & city water pump station

The water pump station at the new park on Ballpark Drive is usually off-limits to visitors — although you can peek inside from one of several “portholes” in the building’s wall. Above, visitors stroll the workings during Friday’s grand opening at the park.The adjacent water tank is lit up at night with colorful strips of LED lights, which are relatively energy efficient. You can see the decorations from the nearby freeway.(News-Ledger photo)

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — MARCH 5, 2014 —

By Steve MarschkeNews-Ledger Editor

West Sacramento officials cut the ribbon Friday morning on a new neighborhood park and water storage facility.

The Jerome D. Barry Park is located on Ballpark Drive next to the Ironworks subdivision and near Raley Field. It’s named after a man who straddled the 19th and 20th centuries in West Sacramento, playing professional baseball in his youth and then serving as a local justice of the peace from 1913-1925 in the “Washington Township” of northeastern West Sacramento.

Thom LewisPresident of the West Sacramento Historical Society(News-Ledger photo)

The park name was proposed by the West Sacramento Historical Society, represented at Friday’s celebration by its president, Thom Lewis. Lewis said of Jerome Barry:

“In his remarkable life, he was a justice of the peace in Washington Township, he was a foreman for Southern Pacific and he pitched for the Sacramento Altas,” as well as serving as a volunteer fighter and as a judge.

Drizzly weather pushed most of the park celebration indoors – into the spanking new water pump station located next to the little park.

Mayor Christopher Cabaldon used his public remarks to tout the city’s redevelopment of the surrounding “Bridge District” area into a new urban place that will feature housing opportunities to suit different preferences and different stages of life. He now lives in a townhome in the adjacent Ironworks subdivision.

Mayor Christopher Cabaldon: neighbor of the new park(News-Ledger photo)

“As we build more urban homes,” said Cabaldon, “we need more open spaces as well – more opportunities for recreation, for reflection, and for dogs to run.”

He thanked State of California officials for chipping in $23 million to help ready the infrastructure in the Bridge District. The state was represented at the grand opening by Anna Caballero, Secretary of Business, Consumer Services and Housing under Governor Jerry Brown.

Caballero praised the city’s work in the Bridge District. She also delivered a message about drought and water conservation, saying the governor had charged his department heads with promoting water conservation at every public opportunity.

“It could rain almost every other day between now and May,” said Caballero, and we still wouldn’t be out of the drought. The governor has asked us all to reduce our water use by 20 percent.”

“This project,” she noted of the park and water pump station, “captures rain water.”

The pump house’s wing-shaped roofs indeed are designed to catch rain water and save it for irrigation.

Other speakers at Friday’s event included City Manager MartinTuttle, Ironworks homeowners association president Ron Price and city parks commission member Bernadette Austin.

For more information about the park, see the News-Ledger’s February 26 report, now available online here.

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‘Sexual Assault & Domestic Violence Center’ in Yolo County changes its name

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — FEB 19, 2014 —

The “Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Center” in Yolo County has changed its name to “Empower Yolo,” a spokesperson reports.

“This change is intended to more effectively encompass our philosophy of service, comprehensive programs and geographical reach of services offered by our agency – with an emphasis on the less-recognized, unincorporated areas of Yolo County,” said Diana Stantz, director of community relations. “While the name of the agency has changed, our philosophy and services have not.”

Empower Yolo is a nonprofit dedicated to the intervention, prevention, and elimination of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, human trafficking and child abuse in Yolo County, she added.